Called to Greatness, a basketball camp that focuses on fundamentals of the game and Christian fundamentals run by former University of Kansas and Miami Heat player Wayne Simien, kicked off its two-day stay in Great Bend on Monday.

With several of their veteran arms tired heading into Thursday night's Class AAA American Legion doubleheader against Buhler at the Great Bend Sports Complex, Great Bend Chiefs head coach Michael Stettinger had to throw several young pitchers on the mound.

The Great Bend Chiefs put an end to a 13-game losing streak by rolling to their first win in July, a 10-3 drumming of the Thomas More Prep Monarchs in five innings to close out the Class AAA American Legion doubleheader on Wednesday night at Larks Park.

LARNED - Tuesday evening, with the flat-screen TV tuned to the irrelevancy of the Major League Baseball All-Star game, the left side of my brain was screaming, "Shouldn't we be watching something else? How about Storage Wars or Gator Guys or even the Kardashians?"